| 100% | PAJAMA | 6 | Musical about the 7 1/2 Cents novel: The __ Game |
| 51% | PAJAMAGAME | 10 | Musical based on "7 1/2 Cents," with "The" |
| 40% | PAINTEDHOUSE | 12 | "A ___," a 2003 movie based on a John Grisham novel of the same name about a 7 year old boy named Luke Chandler: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FUNNYGIRL | 9 | 1964 Broadway musical about the life and career of 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEPASSION | 10 | Fox live musical about the final hours of the life of Jesus: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 38% | GASH | 4 | Jonathan —, author of novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game |
| 37% | GASH | 4 | Jonathan —, author of the novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game |
| 36% | THELIGHTHOUSE | 13 | "To ___," writer Virginia Woolf's novel about the Ramsay family's visits to the Isle of Skye: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RISINGPHOENIX | 13 | 2020 documentary about the Paralympic Games (2 wds.) |
| 36% | EVITA | 5 | Musical about the Peróns |
| 36% | EVITA | 5 | Musical about the Perons |
| 35% | NATHANDETROIT | 13 | Floating craps game operator in the musical "Guys and Dolls": 2 wds. |
| 35% | WICKED | 6 | Musical about the witches from Oz |
| 35% | GODSPELL | 8 | Musical about the Gospel of Matthew |
| 35% | THEANTIDOTE | 11 | 2025 novel by 30-Across about a Nebraska town during the Great Depression: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SPLINTERCELL | 12 | Tom Clancy video game franchise about a black-ops subdivision within the NSA: 2 wds. |
| 34% | EVITA | 5 | Broadway musical about the Peróns |
| 34% | MADDINGCROWD | 12 | "Far from the ____," 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy which is about the farming community in Victorian England: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Hunger Games" and its sequels, "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay": 2 wds. |
| 33% | REVERSE | 7 | What the numbers 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 are in |
| 33% | PATSUMMITT | 10 | College basketball coach who won 1,098 games with the Tennessee Lady Vols: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MARIANORIVERA | 13 | He pitched in 1,115 games for the Yankees from 1995 to 2013: 2 wds. |
| 33% | THEALCHEMIST | 12 | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DRAGONTATTOO | 12 | "The Girl With the ___," novel about teen hacker Lisbeth Salander, who has distinctive body art: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PIPPIN | 6 | Broadway musical about the son of Charlemagne |
| 33% | AINT | 4 | "___ Too Proud" (hit musical about the Temptations) |
| 33% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz |
| 33% | PATTONOSWALT | 12 | "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" actor who hosts the Amazon/Fox game show "The 1% Club": 2 wds. |
| 33% | WICKED | 6 | Musical about Elphaba, the witch |